1st Edition

Context, Truth and Objectivity Essays on Radical Contextualism

Edited By Eduardo Marchesan, David Zapero Copyright 2019
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

The claim according to which there is a categorial gap between meaning and saying – between what sentences mean and what we say by using them on particular occasions – has come to be widely regarded as being exclusively a claim in the philosophy of language. The present essay collection takes a different approach to these issues. It seeks to explore the ways in which that claim – as defended... Read more


  1. Introduction


  2. David Zapero





  3. What is a Statement?




  4. Jocelyn Benoist





  5. Ordinary Language Philosophy Needs Situation Semantics (or Why Grice Needs Austin)




  6. Krista Lawlor





  7. Beyond Unnatural Doubts: Lessons from Wittgenstein




  8. Michael Williams





  9. Meaning and Ostension: from Putnam Semantics to Contextualism




  10. François Recanati





  11. The Role of Intention in Truth




  12. Eduardo Marchesan





  13. Is Seeing Judging? Radical Contextualism and the Problem of Perception




  14. Sofia Miguens





  15. Externalism and Context-Sensitivity




  16. David Zapero





  17. Contextualism and the Twilight of Representationalism




  18. Avner Baz





  19. Their Work and Why They Do It




Charles Travis

Biography

Eduardo Marchesan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Philosophy Department of the University of São Paulo. His main research interests are in the fields of philosophy of language and linguistics. He has published various articles in both these fields.





 



David Zapero is a Research Fellow of the Thyssen Foundation at the Philosophy Department of the University of Bonn. His interests lie in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of language and moral psychology. His publications include various articles in these fields and a forthcoming book entitled La forme de la règle (2018).